abought
Americanverb
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Thus we have a lost, agone, abought, &c., for lost, gone, bought, &c.,
From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by Jennings, James
And the Red Knight was a wily knight of war, and his wily fighting taught Sir Beaumains to be wise; but he abought it full sore or he did espy his fighting.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
I must troble you once more abought my cosen Tenoson.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by Wragg, H.
The kyng enprysoned his sone Edward.And in this yere the quene Margarete com into Engelond; and the citeizens of London reden ageine here in good aray, abought cc persones atte the leeste.
From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir
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